Meeting Bow Tie

來了Boston三年多，才第一次踏足傳說中的Kennedy School of Government。端莊氣派。
主持人滔滔不絕介紹他的奇勳偉績，甚麼minimum wage policy，2017實行universal suffrage，是他一個人的功勞嗎？再者，回歸二十年後才有特首普選。落後的民主進度不是理應慚愧的事實嗎？
主持人雖然是美國人，讀到”Bauhinia”卻結巴了，要特首教他怎樣讀。Well，我小學一年級就懂這個字了。
政府高官都好喜歡用這一組詞語 “blahblahblah…socially, economically and politically.” 就像一個沒有specific意思卻貌似能概括所有的盾牌。
As expected，特首身在美國亦不忘要刷刷鞋，不停quote我們偉大領導人的金句。台下觀眾問maternity bed crisis / soaring property price時，他輕描淡寫說了句：“Don’t blame China for that.” ….seriously sir?

問問題前，主持人點名：“A good question consists of 3 components. 1. identify yourself. 2. express one thought. 3. end with a question mark.” 正，哈哈。
台下發問者大部份都是Harvard (HBS/HKS)的香港學生。別以為大家是同鄉就會給面子，其實問題卻更為尖銳，絕不留情。
“What was your wisest decision and the most stupid decision you have ever made as a CE?”
“Why don’t you evaluate your failure?”
“What will happen in 2047?”
政府官員最厲害就是耍太極，遊花園。（難怪現場派發的speaker’s profile裡，說特首喜歡birdwatching吧。）
所以基本上都沒有答到甚麼。。又使出了“Anyhow…Hong Kong has been able to advance socially,economically and politically.”
最後一提的是，他的偽造british accent真的好搞笑。”Here”, “Hong Kong” , “daunting”…just try to pronounce these words in a synthetic british way.

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See also:

Meeting Bill Gates
Meeting Al Gore
Meeting Barack Obama
Meeting Solow x Diamond x Mankiw
Meeting Noam Chomsky
Meeting Russell Peters
Meeting Eason Chan

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